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EPISODE · Aug 28, 2018 · 13 MIN

Perception Versus Reality

from Politics Brief · host WNYC Studios

According to a new study, Americans' perceptions of the opposing political party tend to skew far from the truth. What's more, people's perceptions of their own political parties aren't much better. Perry Bacon, senior writer for FiveThirtyEight, wrote about the study for his column “Secret Identity.” He spoke with On The Media about why the gulf between perception and reality might be so wide.

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